What is GMD?

Taking into account the new realities in 2020, we are introducing a new format — Double GMD.

Taking into account the new realities dominating in the world and Ukraine, in particular in terms of the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, the organizers of Grain&Maritime Days in Odessa 2020 (May 27-30) came to a decision to make adjustments to the agenda and regulations of the event.

In fact, there are three full-fledged events:

international conference Grain&Maritime Days (#GMD)

Odessa Shipping Dinner

Football tournament Odessa Shipping Cup

We cannot leave our dear participants of the grain and marine industries without attention, and relevant information at the threshold of the new season. Therefore, we are inviting everyone in the well-loved city of Odessa, but only in the updated and more favourable dates in the current year.

It will become the summer conference, which to be held on August 20-21, 2020 — #GMD Conference 2020: Summer edition.

The opportunity to take part in the online #GMD conference will become a pleasant and necessary bonus — “Features of the grain market and agricultural logistics in terms of the viral crisis”, to be held on May 28-29, 2020.

Please, save the dates and expect for more detailed information in the near future.

At the same time, holding of the well-known three-day Grain&Maritime Days in Odessa in the full-fledged format (conference + Odessa Shipping Dinner + Odessa Shipping Cup) is possible in 2021 only.

Therefore, save the dates of your favourite and highly anticipated event — Grain&Maritime Days in Odessa 2021 — on May 27-29, Odessa.

Grain & Maritime Days in Odessa CONFERENCE

The large-scale international event, which is traditionally held in the sea capital of Ukraine — Odessa, almost at the edge of grain seasons, in the last week of May.

ODESSA SHIPPING CUP
2020

Grain & Maritime Days in Odessa final accord is Odessa Shipping Cup, a traditional amateur football tournament among transport and maritime experts.
Only amateur sportsmen – top managers and managers of the participating companies struggled for the cup. Join us at the Odessa Shipping Cup 2020!

ODESSA SHIPPING DINNER
2020

Odessa Shipping Dinner is the largest networking event for the shipping professionals, held in every May in Odessa, Ukraine. Directors of shipping companies from Austria, Switzerland, Cyprus, the UAE, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Korea, Monaco, the UK and other countries visited event at 2019. Last year, over 500 experts in transport, shipping and international trade visited the annual Odessa Shipping Dinner.

19th conference GMD-2021

The large-scale international event, which is traditionally held in the sea capital of Ukraine — Odessa, almost at the edge of grain seasons, in the last week of May.

Organizers, Sponsors and Partners

Organizers

Sponsors

According to APK-Inform estimations, in 2019 Turkey entered the TOP-3 of countries-importers of Ukrainian peas, and purchased 62 thsd tonnes of the crop, an increase of 63% compared with 2018 (38 thsd tonnes).

The corporation AgroVista LLC, which covers the Group of Companies UkrAgroCom & Hermes-Trading & HTU SA, became the Sponsor of the XIX international conference Grain&Maritime Days in Odessa-2020, to be held in Odessa, Ukraine, on May 27-29.

According to the official figures of the State Statistics Service, in 2019 the capital investments in the Ukrainian agricultural sector reduced by almost 16% — to 54.6 bln UAH. The level formed almost one tenth of the general volume of capital investment in the country’s economy.